needs windows 7 printer driver to install on termonal services 2003

We have upgraded a couple of our desktops to windows 7. We used the provided windows 7 printer drivers for networked canon and hp printers. The user can print locally, but cannot print when logged into the termonal server (terminal server is win2003) The event logs show an error and say that the printer drivers are missing. I'd like to install the windows 7 driver on the termonal server - but don't know where they are?
The HP driver is not available on the HP site.

I'm on windows 2003 - how do I install and
match the same driver that I have locally on
windows 7 machine? It does not exist for
hp on 2003. Other fevers are there for same
printer in 2003 but not exact match for
Windows 7.

We have a windows 7 client. the 2 printers are configured there and working using the drivers available for windows 7. The older XP machines that were replaced by the windows 7 machines had different drivers for the same printers.

The user remote desktops into a win2003 server (terminal services box). They work exclusively in there - they are a remote office. The printers work for the xp clients - the user prints files on the terminal server to the local printers becuase the windows 2003 server has those same drivers set up - and the printers are there.

The new windows 7 clients cause an event on the win2003 server - driver not found - when trying to print to the same printers - because they are using the win 7 drivers - different than the xp drivers. I would like to install the drivers on the win2003 box, so that when a win7 user asks to print, the error goes away and they can print to the local printers.

When I say local, though - I mean that they are networked printers at the remote office - not attached physically to the client machines. Local to the office.

Either way, you can simply install the drivers (make sure you use 32 bit or 64 bit drivers as per the client requirement) given from the above link on the 2003 server.

Also, open the driver properties on the 2003 server, go to Sharing, and select Additional drivers.
If you are using 64 bit client, check the relevant option. It will prompt for the necessary drivers if the above installation was not sufficient. You can extract the drivers from the setup into a folder, and point it to this folder. Thus the Win 7 drivers will get added to the print queue.

Essentially, you will have to update the x86 or x64 drivers on the 2003 print server with the latest drivers from the manufacturer. This would mean the you may have to update the client PCs (even XP PCs) with the latest drivers updated on the 2003 server.

One thing I don't understand is why I need to update the xp machines. There are already a lot of the same printer already configured on 2003 server - can't I create a new printer to appear in the list with the new driver and keep the old printers there for legacy machines?

Hi xdomains. You are right, my remembrance is wrong. However, Win2003 will not allow to choose win7 there. I don't even think 2003 x86 will allow you to add x64 drivers at all. 2008 x86 can do that, yes.

the canon link you provided has drivers - but the event log on the server is looking for this driver:
Canon iR C3080/c3480/c3580
and I don't see that in the canon list. Does it have to match the name exactly? I thought so, since there are plenty of drivers on the server already for htis printer for the xp machines. Or shuold I just grab a 64bit one and the name resolves?

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